Not to be outdone by fellow Crazy Color veterans Green Day and Blink 182, Rancid crank it up again for visits to Mandela Hall, Belfast (November 28) and The Academy, Dublin (29)

It’s a 20th birthday run out for the Californians who take their cue from the Britpunk acts of the late ‘70s and have enjoyed major commercial success without compromising their sound.

Their activities have been a bit stop-start of late due to lead singer and guitarist Tim Armstrong’s involvement with that other muscular Californian guitar band, Transplants. Word has it there will be a new Rancid album, we just don’t know when!